Tyrese Tanner posted her third-consecutive 20-point
game and the Tigers followed her lead, as the Auburn women's basketball team
defeated Tulane, 72-52, Wednesday at Auburn Arena to advance to the
quarterfinals of the WNIT. Auburn improves to 19-14 with the win while Tulane
falls to 24-9.

"I'm very proud of our young ladies," Auburn head coach
Terri Williams-Flournoy said. "Tulane's a very good team, and we knew that they
were good. Obviously we had played them before, so we knew how good they were,
and we knew how well they took care of the ball versus our press. I'm very
proud of our young ladies for hanging in there, going through the runs that
they made at us and just taking care of the ball and just making shots and
making plays when we needed them."

Tanner led all scorers with 25 points and 11 rebounds in her
first career double-double. She also added three steals, three blocks and two
assists in the effort. Tra'cee Tanner added 12 points and seven rebounds, while
Blanche Alverson tallied 10 points and five rebounds.

Tulane had trouble finding its shot from the field, shooting
just 33.3 percent on the night. Danielle Blagg led with 11 points, while
Tiffany Dale added 10.

"We've put a big emphasis on using our abilities to get to
the offensive glass," Alverson said. "If we can do that, we have an advantage
over everybody because we're long. If we can do that and get easy put-backs,
that just fuels us, and we can jump to our press."

Auburn awaits its next opponent and will face the winner of
Drexel and Bowling Green Thursday night in Bowling Green, Ohio.